Thursday, January 25, 2007

Archiving a file right in Mac OS X

Mac OS X biggest feature is its ease of use and it is once again proven here with this quick way of archiving a file. It is easy to save space on many files distributed on the Internet by creating an archive ".zip". I remember the pain of doing this in Windows and this is one of the thing that really reinforces the idea that switching to Mac is the best decision ever. To "zip" a file, you simply have to right click on the file and choose "Create Archive of "name of the file"". Some kinds of file are not as easily compressed as others but on some, you can save quite a bit of space. Many freeware and shareware are distributed in this way. Another great use for this is to store several files. You can archive thousands of files in one big chunk that is easily sendable on the Internet.